Ghs fb removal - non-incisional at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center

4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$488.25

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,395.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$104.21 with BCBS-TX vs $5,160.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $104.21 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $113.88 ↓ -77%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $113.88 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $119.87 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $122.27 ↓ -75%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $133.38 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $164.22 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $201.46 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $238.98 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $266.76 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $373.99 ↓ -23%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $837.00 ↑ +71%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $906.75 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $906.75 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $906.75 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $948.60 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $976.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $976.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,046.25 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,060.20 ↑ +117%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↑ +166%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +232%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +232%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +232%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +232%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↑ +239%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↑ +239%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,671.55 ↑ +242%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +243%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↑ +256%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↑ +256%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +282%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +321%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,352.97 ↑ +382%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↑ +399%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↑ +399%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,434.29 ↑ +399%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +407%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +463%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +463%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,000.00 ↑ +719%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,000.00 ↑ +719%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +957%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $117.47 – $1,003.15
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,305.06 $85.00 – $4,016.35
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